birthday ♦︎ anniversary ♦︎ commemoration ♦︎ jubileeThese are all words for a time when you remember sth that happened a year or a number of years ago.這些詞均表示紀念日。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a first / second / fiftieth birthday / anniversary◆a silver / golden / diamond anniversary / jubilee◆it is sb / sth's birthday / anniversary / jubilee◆to have a birthday / an anniversary◆to celebrate / mark a birthday / an anniversary / a jubilee◆to forget / remember sb's birthday / anniversary◆a birthday / an anniversary party / present / card◆Happy Birthday / Anniversary!■birthday [countable] the day in each year which is the same date as the one on which you were born生日◆My birthday is in August.我的生日在8月。◆It's Sam's birthday tomorrow. He'll be seven.明天是薩姆的生日。他就要滿七歲了。◆Would you like a piece of birthday cake?你要吃一塊生日蛋糕嗎?■anniversary [countable] a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event周年紀念日◆Today is the anniversary of his wife's death.今天是他妻子去世的周年忌日。◆It's our wedding anniversary tomorrow.明天是我們的結婚紀念日。◆She's organizing the theatre's 25th anniversary celebrations(= it is 25 years since it began).她在籌辦劇院成立25周年的慶祝活動。■commemoration kəˌmeməˈreɪʃn [uncountable, countable] (ratherformal) an event, ceremony, etc. that makes people remember and show respect for an important person or event in the past; the action of remembering sb/sth in this way紀念;紀念儀式◆a commemoration service / service of commemoration in the cathedral在主教座堂舉行的紀念儀式◆a statue in commemoration of the founder of the nation / of the soldiers' sacrifice紀念開國元勳/捐軀戰士的雕像■jubilee ˈdʒuːbɪliː [countable] a special anniversary of an event, especially one that took place 25, 50 or 60 years ago; the celebrations connected with this(尤指25、50或60周年的)周年紀念,周年大慶,周年慶祝◆Queen Victoria had been on the throne for 60 years and her diamond jubilee was being celebrated.維多利亞女王已在位60年,慶賀她登基60周年的鑽禧大慶正在舉行。◆The school's silver jubilee will be marked in style.這所學校的銀禧校慶將隆重舉行。NOTE辨析 Anniversary and jubileeA silver wedding anniversary/wedding/anniversary/jubilee marks 25 years, golden 50 years and diamond 60 years. In British English it is more usual to say silver/golden/diamond wedding; in American English it is more usual to say silver/golden/diamond anniversary. * 25周年用silver(銀禧),如silver wedding anniversary/wedding/anniversary/jubilee(銀婚;銀禧);50周年用golden(金禧);60周年用diamond(鑽禧)。在英式英語中,較常說silver/golden/diamond wedding;在美式英語中,較常說silver/golden/diamond anniversary。